Legal Drafting in a Nutshell 4th Edition by George Kuney, Donna Looper ISBN 1634603192 978-1634603195

Introduction

Chapter 1. Energy Economics

A. Introduction to Economic Analysis

1. Behavioral Assumptions

2. Positive and Normative Economics

3. Understanding Property

a. Private Goods

b. Common Goods

c. Public Goods

B. Market Virtues

C. Market Operations

1. Demand

2. Supply

3. Equilibrium

4. Costs

5. Marginal Revenue

6. Price Elasticity of Demand

D. Market Failures

1. Monopoly

2. Rent Control

3. Negative Externalities

4. Information Costs

5. Excessive Competition

6. Scarce Resource Allocation

7. Rationalization

8. Paternalism

9. Moral Hazard

E. Economics and Regulation

F. The Regulatory Life Cycle

Chapter 2. Energy Policy

A. Introduction to Energy Policy

B. Energy Facts

C. Energy Overview

D. National Energy Policy

1. 1887–1900

2. 1900–1920

3. 1920–1933

4. The New Deal Era to World War II

5. Post-World War II to 1973

a. Coal

b. Natural Gas

c. Oil

d. Nuclear Energy

E. The Dominant Model of Energy Policy

F. Presidents Carter and Reagan Test the Dominant Model, 1973–1988

1. President Carter and Centralized Energy Policy

2. President Reagan and Deregulation

G. Energy Policy Since the End of the 20th Century

1. The Bush Administration

2. The Obama Administration

3. The Trump Administration

4. The Biden Administration

H. Clean and Net-Zero Energy Policy

Chapter 3. The Administration of Energy Law

A. Introduction

B. An Introduction to Administrative Law

C. A Critique of Administrative Law

D. The Administrative Procedure Act

1. Adjudication Under the APA

2. Rulemaking

E. Judicial Review

F. Federal Energy Regulation

1. Department of Energy

2. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

3. Other Energy-Related Agencies

G. Energy Regulation by the States

1. The Historical Roots of State Regulation

2. Energy Federalism

H. Constitutional Principles Affecting Regulatory Jurisdiction

1. Commerce Clause

2. The Supremacy Clause

3. The Takings Clause

Chapter 4. Energy Decision-Making

A. Public Utility Regulation

B. The Theory of Natural Monopoly

C. Ratemaking Goals

1. Capital-Attraction Function

2. Reasonably Priced Energy

3. The Efficiency Incentive Function

4. The Demand Control or Consumer Rationing Function

5. Income Transfer Function

D. The Rate Formula

1. Operating Expenses

2. Rate Base

3. Rate of Return

E. Contemporary Ratemaking Issues

1. Marginal Cost Pricing

2. Incentive Rates

3. Market-Based Rates

4. Stranded Costs

5. Decoupling

6. Feed-In Tariffs

7. Miscellaneous

F. Cost-Benefit Analysis

1. Introduction

2. Applying CBA

a. Identification

b. Risk Analysis

c. Quantification

d. Presentation

e. Critiques of Cost-Benefit Analysis

Chapter 5. Oil

A. Industry Overview

B. Regulatory Overview

1. State Regulation

2. Early Federal Regulation

C. The Era of Price, Allocation and Entitlement Controls, 1970–1980

1. Price Controls

2. Allocation Controls and Entitlements Controls

3. Enforcement

4. Price Decontrol

D. Federal Lands

1. Onshore Oil

2. Offshore Oil

E. Oil and the Environment

Chapter 6. Natural Gas

A. Industry Overview

B. Regulatory Overview

1. Early Regulation

2. Traditional Federal Regulation

3. Phillips Petroleum Co.

4. The Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978

5. Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act

C. Post-NGPA Regulation

1. Take-or-Pay Contracts

2. FERC Natural Gas Initiatives

D. The Shale Gas Revolution

1. Air Pollution

2. Water Pollution

3. Community Disruption

4. Regulatory Recommendations

Chapter 7. Coal

A. Industry Overview

B. Regulatory Overview

1. Federal Lands

2. Coal Conversion

3. Mine Health and Safety

4. Land Reclamation

C. Clean Air

D. Clean Coal Initiatives

E. Coal Transportation

1. Rail Transportation

2. Coal Slurry Pipelines

3. Coal Barges

F. Global Warming

Chapter 8. Electricity

A. Industry Overview

B. Regulatory Overview

1. Competition: 1882–1905

2. Concentration: 1920–1935

3. Regulation: 1935–1965

4. Regulatory Failure: 1965–1980

5. PURPA’s Surprise: Increased Competition

C. Electricity Restructuring

D. The Electric Industry in Transition

1. The Energy Policy Act of 1992

2. FERC Initiatives

3. The 2005 Energy Policy Act (EPAct 2005)

4. The Smart Grid

5. Cybersecurity

6. The New Regulatory Compact

E. Distributed Generation and Electricity System Reform

F. Other Recent Electricity Developments

Chapter 9. Nuclear Power

A. Industry Overview

B. Regulatory Overview

1. Legislation

2. Nuclear Power and the Courts

C. Licensing

D. Reactor Safety

E. Radioactivity

1. Low-Level Waste

2. Uranium Mill Tailings

3. High-Level Waste

4. Transportation

5. Nuclear Waste Policy Act

6. Decommissioning

F. Plant Cancellations and Abandonments

G. The Future of Nuclear Power

Chapter 10. Hydropower

A. Industry Overview

B. Regulatory Overview

C. Federal Jurisdiction

D. Licensing

1. Federal Power Act

2. Environmental Laws

3. Small Hydropower Projects and the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act

4. The Electric Consumer Protection Act

E. From Hydropower to Hydrokinetics

Chapter 11. Clean and Net-Zero Energy

A. Renewable Resources

1. Solar Energy

2. Wind Energy

3. Biomass and Alcohol Fuels

4. Geothermal

5. Conservation, Energy Efficiency, and Energy Intensity

B. Future Clean Resources

1. Green Hydrogen

2. Geoengineering

3. Fusion

4. Storage

C. Non-Federal Approaches to Clean Energy

1. Renewable Portfolio Standards

2. Feed-In Tariffs

3. Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Chapter 12. A Just Transition

A. Introduction

B. Environmental Justice

C. Energy Democracy

D. Energy Justice

E. Just Transition

Index